St John the Aged Poem Aged and Faithful Disciple Sees Christ
Anonymous Philadelphia magazine discovery recounts St John aging in faith after following Jesus from Galilee to the Cross. The speaker recalls his age eighty, lost sight and speech, yet keeps the memory of Christ vivid, living more with him than with the living. He once was a fisherman at sunset, called by Jesus, and walked with Him through sacred, tranquil times.
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Ephesus
Christ
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Boston Transcript
Unlucky Anthony and the Bible Fortune
Aunt Dorothy Doble leaves five thousand dollars sealed in her Bible for her nephew Anthony Doble and wife Lizzie. They believe luck has turned, journey to the bank, only to learn the notes are worthless. Jerry, their missing son, unexpectedly returns as Tony dies, leaving family tragedy.
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Dorothy
Sally Sprack
Dorothy Doble
Cilly
Anthony Doble
Anthony
Lizzie Lee
Lizzie
Tony
Aunt Dorothy
Tom
Jerry
Mr. Jessop
Father
Webster Refuses, Greene Secures Favorable Recommendation
A Massachusetts officer candidate, Colonel William B. Greene, visits Daniel Webster for a recommendation to join the army in Florida. Webster initially declines, saying he does not know Greene, but Greene asks to be measured and Webster then pens his best letter, aiding Greene’s military pursuit.
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Webster
William B. Greene
Massachusetts
West Point
Florida
Washington
David Henshaw
Mr. Webster
Greene
Colonel Greene
Professor Bell Demonstrates Transatlantic Phonograph Greeting
In England, Professor Graham Bell described receiving a phonograph from across the Atlantic. After placing it on a Liverpool hotel table and turning two handles, his friends were addressed by name and received a cordial, prerecorded message: a greeting for a pleasant voyage and a happy time in England. The recording was made over a distance of some 8,000 miles.
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Graham Bell
England
Atlantic
Liverpool
Ngland
Temper and Time a Lesson in Self Improvement
A compact meditation on temper and age urging charitable conduct to travelers and resilience in hardship. It argues that storms and adversity test character, with self cultivation rising fastest under constraint and misfortune. The piece links patience, gentleness, and purposeful effort to personal growth.
Times Go Wrong And The Rumshop Photographed
A Victorian essay on daily woes and temper, with observations on misplaced items and lost patience. It contends for calm and frames alcohol as a danger, contrasting church influence with rampant saloons and citing Frances E. Willard on saloon culture and youth.
School hours in Germany and the United States discussed
A discussion on school hours compares Germany reducing weekly attendance to thirty hours for girls age ten to sixteen and twenty two to twenty four hours for younger children with the United States keeping all ages in school about twenty six hours weekly. It argues for limits of three to four hours daily for under twelve, explores combining work with instruction, and notes concerns about overburdening youth and the mismatch between knowledge and practical skill.
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Germany
Death Bed of Prince Albert and Reading Aloud
The piece recounts Prince Albert’s death as a tested Christian life and quotes his farewell line about having wealth and power, with emphasis on his family, alliances, and the royal spectacle. It then urges reading aloud in families as a source of warmth, culture, and companionship, contrasting it with silent individual reading.
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Prince Albert
Germany
Europe
England
Windsor Castle
Buckingham Palace
Victoria
London
Africa
Asia
Westminster
Prussia
Great Britain
Denmark
Tribunal of God
New England
Mother
Mary
Johnny
Feels Young Again by Hop Bitters Hearts Providence Woman
A Providence Rhode Island woman over 70 years old reports long standing neuralgia and nervous exhaustion eased dramatically after three months of Hop Bitters. She claims no other medicine helped and calls the remedy uniquely effective for her family.
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Providence
R. I
Act Amending Chapter 165 Mortgages Real and Personal Property
Public laws passed at the June 1878 session amend section 15 of Chapter 165 to allow mortgagees and assigns to bid at public sales with twenty days notice to the mortgagor and require proof of notice to be held by the auctioneer. The act provides for suspension of attachments and levies, a receivership process for insolvent debtors, and priorities for certain creditors, plus general procedural rules and effective date September 1, 1878.
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General Assembly
Act Amending Boundaries Sets Supreme Court Equity Jurisdiction
An act amends Chapter 458 to grant the Supreme Court equity power to define and fix undefined boundaries of public or private ways and lands within harbor lines. It allows joining interested parties to define related boundaries by decree. The act takes effect immediately upon passage.
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General Assembly
Supreme Court
Amendment to 695 Public Laws on suspending attachments
An Act amends Chapter 695 to replace the word dissolved with suspend in Section 1 and adds that all suspended attachments and levies shall be dissolved thirty days later unless the Supreme Court orders otherwise. The act takes effect immediately.
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General Assembly
Supreme Court
Amendment clarifies petroleum export sale exemptions
An Act amends Chapter 112 and 131 General Statutes. Section 1 excludes the sale of petroleum and its products for export from this State from sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 112. Section 2 excludes the sale of petroleum by weight or for export from this State from section 8 of Chapter 131.
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General Assembly
Debtors Preferential Payments and Equal Creditor Distribution Act
A historical act aims to prevent debtors from favoring some creditors during attachment or levy processes and to ensure equal distribution of debtor property among all creditors. The text also includes a separate appropriation section for the 1878 fiscal year detailing payments to lawmakers, clerks, pages, sheriffs, and general expenses with the secretary of state’s attestation.
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General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
Joshua M. Addeman
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